CITYMAY 2012 center forLAND new york city law VOLUME 9, NUMBER 3
Highlights
CITY COUNCIL St. Vincent’s saga ends . . . . . 37
CITY PLANNING COMMISSION UWS nursing home approved . . 40
LANDMARKS Illegal UWS addition resolved . . 41 Tribeca additionsFPO OK’d . . . . . 42 Park Slope HD extension . . . . 43 SoHo rowhouses designated . . 44 Claremont Stables project . . . . 45 Kickstarter HQ in Greenpoint . . 46
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORP.
Farm Colony developer sought . 47 The City Council approved Rudin Management Company’s project on the site of the former St. Vincent’s Hospital campus. Image: Courtesy of FXFowle Architects.
NYCHA 11th Street, and the preservation CM/Build program audit . . . . 47 CITY COUNCIL of the Reiss Pavilion on West 12th Street, which was slated for demoli- Rezoning/Special Permits ADMINISTRATIVE DECISIONS tion. In addition, Rudin reduced the Greenwich Village, Manhattan Bronx Padlock Law site . . . . . 49 number of residential units from 450 Rudin’s St. Vincent’s plan to 350 units, and the size of an un- derground parking garage. COURT DECISIONS nears end of public review after Council modifications The project, which originally Atlantic Yards SEIS ordered . . . 49 included a new hospital building After more than four years of agency for St. Vincent’s on the site of the CITYLAND PROFILE review, Rudin returned to Land- O’Toole Building, has undergone marks for approval to enlarge and multiple revisions over its four years John Weiss ...... 48 reuse Reiss Pavilion. On March 28, of public review. The saga began in 2012, the City Council modified the 2008, when Rudin and St. Vincent’s CHARTS Rudin Management Company’s Hospital sought Landmarks approv- DCP Pipeline ...... C-1 plan to redevelop the former St. Vin- al for a joint proposal to redevelop ULURP Pipeline ...... C-2 cent’s Hospital Complex on Seventh the site. The plan included replacing BSA Pipeline ...... C-3 Avenue in the Greenwich Village His- the 1964 O’Toole Building on Sev- Landmarks Pipeline . . . . . C-5 toric District. The modified mixed- enth Avenue between 12th and 13th CityAdmin.org New Decisions . C-8 use residential project includes a Streets across the street from St. Vin- new residential tower along Seventh cent’s Hospital with a new state-of- Avenue, five townhouses along West the-art hospital. (cont’d on page 39)
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CITYLAND Volume 9 • May 2012 www.CityLandNYC.org 38 After St. Vincent’s moved to the In 2010, however, St. Vincent’s contingent on obtaining Landmarks new building, Rudin would replace declared bankruptcy and the hos- approval to enlarge and convert the the former hospital complex with a pital closed permanently. Rudin building into apartments. Rudin 21-story residential tower and rows purchased the O’Toole Building also agreed to prohibit retail signage of three-story townhouses along and donated it to North Shore-LIJ along West 12th Street, reduce the West 11th and West 12th Streets be- Health System, which agreed to use number of residential units by 22 tween Seventh and Sixth Avenues. the building to house a compre- percent, and build a smaller parking Local residents and preservation hensive health center. In order to garage. In addition, Rudin agreed to groups opposed the proposal, and redevelop the former hospital site, pursue dedication of the Triangle Landmarks asked Rudin and St. Vin- Rudin needed to rezone portions Site as parkland, and to work with cent’s to consider a plan that would of the block and obtain a variety of the community to incorporate an preserve more of the buildings. 5 special permits. AIDS memorial into the park. CityLand 61 (May 15, 2008). When Rudin’s project reached In a separate agreement se- Rudin and St. Vincent’s re- the City Planning Commission’s cured by Speaker Christine C. turned to Landmarks in June 2008 public hearing in November 2011 Quinn, whose district includes the with a revised plan. The new design residents and preservationists reit- project, Rudin committed to pro- called for, among other things, a erated their opposition. Some op- viding financial assistance to con- reduction in the heights of the new ponents demanded that the project vert the former Foundling Hospital hospital and residential tower, and include affordable housing, and that at 16th Street and Sixth Avenue into the preservation of four of the eight Rudin be required to build a new a school, and to support arts pro- buildings originally slated for demo- full-service hospital facility. Others grams at P.S. 3 and 41 in the neigh- lition. St. Vincent’s still proposed argued that the Reiss Pavilion should borhood. Rudin will also provide replacing the O’Toole Building with be preserved, while some residents financial assistance to MFY Legal new hospital. Community groups were concerned that the 152-space Services, a non-profit affordable criticized the revised proposal at a underground garage would create housing advocate. public hearing, and Landmarks held traffic problems in an area that al- The Subcommittee and Land off voting on the plan. 5 CityLand 91 ready had enough parking garages. Use Committee approved the modi- (July 15, 2008). A group, including representatives fied proposal, and the City Council St. Vincent’s was ultimately from the Queer History Alliance, referred the plan back to the City compelled to file a hardship appli- argued that the Triangle Site should Planning Commission to review the cation with Landmarks to demol- contain an AIDS memorial park and modifications. The Commission ish the O’Toole Building, which a learning center in recognition of found that the modifications were Landmarks granted. A few months St. Vincent’s early role in treating later, and after modifications, Land- patients with HIV and AIDS. 8 City- within scope, and the City Council marks approved the design for the Land 170 (December 2011). later approved the proposal by 49- new hospital building to replace The Commission unanimous- 1-0 vote, with only Council Member the O’Toole Building. A coalition ly approved the post-St. Vincent’s Charles Barron voting “No.” of community groups seeking to proposal on January 23, 2012. In The approved plan required prevent the O’Toole’s demolition response to some of the concerns yet another Landmarks review. On filed an article 78 petition challeng- raised earlier, Rudin agreed to mi- April 24, 2012, Landmarks approved ing Landmarks’ approval of St. Vin- nor design modifications, which Rudin’s adaptive reuse proposal for cent’s hardship application. would be memorialized in a restric- the Reiss Pavilion. The proposal, Meanwhile, Rudin still needed tive declaration, and to create an designed by FX Fowle Architects, Landmarks to sign off on the proj- oversight board to monitor the re- included creating new entrances, ect’s residential component. Land- development of the Triangle Site. altering windows, creating a new marks in August 2009 approved a Opponents continued their op- sixth-story cornice, and enlarging proposal that included a shorter position at an over-capacity public the three existing set-back floors residential tower facing Seventh hearing before the Council’s Zon- above the cornice. Avenue, a ten-story building in ing & Franchises Subcommittee Review Process place of the Reiss Pavilion, and five on March 6, 2012. One week later, Lead Agency: CPC, FEIS townhouses on West 11th Street. Subcommittee Chair Mark Weprin Comm. Bd.: MN 2, 40-1-0 Rudin also agreed to preserve and announced that after extensive ne- Boro. Pres.: App’d reuse the Nurses’ Residence and gotiations, Rudin had agreed to CPC: App’d, 12-0-0 Council: App’d, 49-1-0 the Smith and Raskob Buildings on several additional modifications. West 12th Street, and the Spellman Rudin, among other things, agreed Council: Rudin West Village Pavilion on West 11th Street. not to demolish the Reiss Pavilion, (March 28, 2012).
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Certification Upper West Side, Manhattan Planning Commission signs off on new nursing home in the Upper West Side Community board argued that Commission should require Jew- ish Home Lifecare’s to seek special permit for new facility on West 97th Street. Jewish Home Lifecare, a health care provider for the elderly, planned to build a new 414-bed nursing home on West 97th Street between Columbus and Amster- dam Avenues in Manhattan’s Up- per West Side. Jewish Home Lif- ecare operates a 514-bed facility at Jewish Home Lifecare project site on West 97th Street in Manhattan. Image: CityLand. 120 West 106th Street. However, the first certify that none of three condi- community purposes. Karnovsky building’s physical plant is outdated tions exists: that there would be an said that the zoning resolution did and inefficient, and Jewish Home undue concentration of residential not define what constituted a scar- Lifecare planned to relocate to a health care facilities in the local city or how it should be measured. new 20-story facility on West 97th community district; that there is a According to Karnovsky, in predom- Street. The building would be locat- scarcity of land for general commu- inately built-up areas such as Com- ed on a parking lot surrounded by nity purposes within the commu- munity District 7, it was acceptable the Park West Village Apartments. nity district; and that the proposal to consider vacant parcels and un- The proposed building would com- warrants review because construc- derdeveloped parcels, as well as the ply with the zoning requirements of tion of these facilities within the number and size of existing building the area’s underlying R7-2 district. community over the last three years that could house community uses. However, Jewish Home Lifecare threaten to disrupt the balance in Using these sites in its analysis, but needed the City Planning Commis- the community. excluding City-owned sites and the sion to issue a certification to the Manhattan Community Board unbuilt portions of Riverside Center Department of Buildings in order 7 opposed the application, claim- and Riverside South, City Planning to avoid seeking a special permit to ing that a scarcity of land existed found that there was not a scarcity build the facility, which, if required, within the community district for of land for general community pur- would trigger public review pursu- community purposes. Jewish Home poses in the community district. ant to the City’s Uniform Land Use Lifecare determined that there was Commissioner Anna Levin Review Procedure. 1.5 million sq.ft. of vacant land in questioned Karnovsky about the The Department of City Plan- the CD 7, which included 1.25 mil- short review period afforded to the ning in 1973 established a certifica- lion sq.ft. attributable to the River- Commission, and described the tion process for new nursing homes, side South project. The community zoning resolution’s certification and other residential health care fa- board argued that it was inappro- provision as a “model of bad draft- cilities, in response to a dramatic in- priate to include underdeveloped ing and imprecise use of terms.” crease in these facilities in residen- sites and land dedicated for open The Commission voted 9-0-1 tial neighborhoods across Queens. space and streets when calculating to certify that the three conditions The concentration of the facilities whether there was a scarcity of land did not exist. Commissioner Levin created a burden on local hospitals for community purposes. abstained. Opponents, which in- and public services, and led to park- At the Commission’s well- cluded Park West Village tenants, ing and traffic congestion. attended review session in March voiced their displeasure during and In order for a developer to en- 2012, City Planning’s General Coun- after the vote. large or build a nursing home in a sel David Karnovsky explained the residentially zoned district on an as- agency’s position on how to analyze CPC: Jewish Home Lifecare (N 120043 of-right basis, the Commission must whether there is a scarcity of land for ZCM – certification) (March 26, 2012).
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Upper West Side, Manhattan Certificate of Appropriateness Three-year conflict over illegal Upper West Side addition resolved Owners will demolish illegal addi- tion, restore original conditions, and build a smaller addition. On March 20, 2012, after several years of back and forth with the building owners, Landmarks approved a proposal to build a new addition on a secondary structure at 12-14 West 68th Street in the Upper West Side/Central Park West Historic District. The proposal includes the demolition of an illegal, Illegal addition to 12 West 68th Street in the Upper West Side (middle building). Image: Mary Gillen. fifth-floor addition built by the for- refusal to legalize the addition. Sil- restore the original conditions. The mer owner of the building without berman said the current proposal Historic Districts Council’s Nadezh- Landmarks approval. The owner was “a serious attempt” to propose da Williams recommended “pulling added the 500-square-foot addition significant changes and resolve the structure in slightly on the sides” to a 1925 studio building attached to the issue. to reduce visibility. Nina Grey, iden- the rear of a 1895 Queen Anne-style Herbert Weber presented the tifying herself as a resident of the mansion. The owner tried to legalize modifications, which included de- Upper West Side, said that Land- the addition in June 2009, claiming molishing the illegal addition and marks should stand by its two prior that the property’s landmark status building a smaller addition that decisions, ordering the removal did not appear in the Department would be set back nine feet. The ad- of the addition, in order “to retain of Buildings’ database when fil- dition would rise nearly seven feet at its credibility.” ing for permits in September 2005. the front and ten feet at the rear of Despite the opposition, the Landmarks, however, refused, find- the building. Weber said the design commissioners found that the pro- ing that the addition made the rear of the zinc-clad, 315-square-foot posed addition was minimally vis- building inappropriately taller than addition was inspired by the exist- ible and appropriate. Commission- the main mansion. 6 CityLand 92 ing building, with windows emulat- er Margery Perlmutter noted that (July 15, 2009). ing those of the Hotel des Artistes, with the removal of the illegal ad- The property was sold, and the which sits behind the building. The dition and restoration of the build- new owner attempted to legalize the addition would be used as a bed- ing’s original features, the building addition in March 2010. The propos- room for the apartment below. A owner was “starting from scratch,” al’s architect, Herbert Weber of the parapet and brickwork previously and the issue was whether the newly Stephen B. Jacobs Group, testified demolished would be restored. proposed addition would be ap- that the addition’s height would be Manhattan Community Board propriate. Perlmutter found that reduced by seven feet, and its win- 7 found the proposal inappropriate, it was, noting that the minimally dows and facade materials would be and preservationists and residents visible addition would help finish changed to replicate the rear build- attending the hearing opposed the the building. Commissioner Joan ing’s lower floors. Landmarks again proposal. Allie Kirby, from Land- Gerner concurred, stating that she refused to legalize the proposal. mark West!, the group who first would have supported the proposal 7 CityLand 46 (April 15, 2010). notified Landmarks of the illegal had it been presented five years ago. At Landmarks’ March 2012 addition, claimed the new addi- Commissioner Diana Chapin found hearing, Landmarks’ General Coun- tion would still be too visible and the massing appropriate, but said sel, Mark Silberman told the com- would negatively impact the Hotel the addition could be improved by missioners that Landmarks and des Artistes. Kirby argued that Land- changing the facade materials. the owners were currently involved marks should require the owners The commissioners vot- in litigation regarding Landmarks’ to remove the illegal addition and ed unanimously to approve the
CITYLAND Volume 9 • May 2012 www.CityLandNYC.org 41 plan, buts asked Landmarks’ staff once matched its neighbor’s height, to work with the owner on po- but lost three stories after a fire in tentially changing the addition’s 1937. Both buildings feature cast- side paneling. iron elements. Landmarks in February 2012 LPC: 12 West 68th Street, Manhattan denied Bugdaycay’s initial proposal (12-4278) (March 27, 2012) (Architects: for the buildings. The Studio JS2- Stephen B. Jacobs Group). designed plan proposed demolish- ing 52 Lispenard Street’s facade LANDMARKS PRESERVATION and replacing it with a five-story, COMMISSION terra-cotta facade and a two-story penthouse spanning both 52 and Certificate of Appropriateness 54 Lispenard Street. 9 CityLand 28 (March 15, 2012). Tribeca, Manhattan Bugdaycay returned to Land- Landmarks approves marks in March 2012 with a revised Tribeca project after devel- plan incorporating 52 Lispenard’s oper revises plan to retain historic features. James Schelkle historic fabric of Studio JS2 and John Bellettiere Future: Proposed design for 52 and 54 Lispe- of Section F Design presented the nard Street in Tribeca. Courtesy of Studio JS2 Two-story building on Lispenard plan, which included retaining the Architect PC and Section F Design LLC. Street will get three stories and a set- existing two-story facade and add- greenhouse-type structure,” with a back, two-story penthouse; adjacent ing three stories and a tiered, two- five-story building gets a penthouse story addition. The extended facade hipped roof and clad in matte-gray addition. After rejecting two prior would feature metal columns and zinc. The second floor of 52 Lispe- plans, Landmarks approved Murat lintels inspired by 19th-century nard’s penthouse would be clad in Bugdaycay’s development proposal cast-iron architecture. Bellettiere steel. Schelkle noted that the addi- for two store-and-loft buildings on said the uniform design would al- tions would be the same height as Lispenard Street in the Tribeca East low the existing building’s historic the set-back rooftop additions on Historic District. The plan calls for fabric to stand out. The penthouse adjacent buildings. adding three stories and a set-back, addition would still span both build- The commissioners found the two-story penthouse to a two-story ings, and been clad in stucco at the new design appropriately refined, building at 52 Lispenard Street, and first level, and metal and glass at but still offered criticism. Vice Chair a smaller, two-story penthouse to the second. The penthouse would the neighboring five-story building be visible from several nearby van- Pablo Vengoechea found that the at 54 Lispenard Street. 52 Lispenard tages. The commissioners said the addition to 54 Lispenard “start[ed] revised design was moving in the overwhelming the streetscape” and right direction, but recommended said he could only approve a propos- an additional reduction in size and al with a one-story addition on that visibility of the penthouse. The com- building. Commissioner Michael missioners also asked the architects Goldblum said the plan was skillful to alter the penthouse to preserve and reasonable, but recommended the unique identities of 52 and 54 lowering 54 Lispenard’s penthouse. Lispenard. Commissioner Margery Perlmutter Schelkle and Bellettiere re- turned to Landmarks in April with a objected to the use of stucco on the revised design. The new plan altered first floors of both penthouses. the rooftop addition to reflect two After further discussion, the different penthouses on the build- commissioners agreed to approve ings. Although still visible from the the project, with the proviso that no street, the second-story of the pent- portion of 54 Lispenard’s penthouse house on 54 Lispenard would be would be visible from the street. smaller and set back further than 52 Lispenard’s penthouse. Schelck- LPC: 52 and 54 Lispenard Street, Man- Today: 52 and 54 Lispenard Street in Tribeca. le characterized the penthouse’s hattan (12-6822) (April 17, 2012) (Archi- Image: Mary Gillen. second floor on 54 Lispenard as “a tects: Studio JS2; Section F Design).
CITYLAND Volume 9 • May 2012 www.CityLandNYC.org 42 Neo-Grec style. (A guide on row- 7 St 701 546
458 289 702 294 house styles prepared by Landmarks can be found here). Other notable 419 8 St 509 402 490 structures in the district include the 1879 Ansonia Clock Factory on 7th
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385 445A 13 St middle class would be unable to buy 388 448 homes in the neighborhood. 7 City-
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210 455 sioner Fred Bland said Park Slope 300 Tax Map Lots, District16 ExtensionSt Feet was one of the most cohesive parts Boundary map for Park Slope Historic District Extension. Image: LPC. of the City, and he questioned why the buildings had not been included between 9th and 10th Streets that in the original district. Commission- LANDMARKS PRESERVATION were not part of the original Park er Michael Devonshire, who resides COMMISSION Slope Historic District. within the district, was “turning in- The extension features row- side out with joy,” that there would Designation houses and apartment buildings now be protection from the “archi- Park Slope, Brooklyn representing a variety of architec- tectural Miracle Whip” he has seen tural styles. According to Land- Landmarks approves fill several vacant lots in the neigh- marks, the earliest row of homes in Park Slope Historic borhood in the past few years. District Extension the district was built between 1869 and 1875 in the ornate Italianate LPC: Park Slope Historic District New Brooklyn historic district brings style. More than 200 of the district’s Extension, Brooklyn (LP-2443) another 600 buildings bordering rowhouses were built in the simpler (April 17, 2012). original Park Slope Historic District under Landmarks jurisdiction. On April 17, 2012, Landmarks unani- mously approved the creation of the Park Slope Historic District Ex- tension. The extension includes 600 buildings on the southwest border of the 1973-designated Park Slope Historic District. The new district is generally bounded by 7th Street to the north, 15th Street to the south, 8th Avenue to the east, and 7th Av- enue to the west. It also includes buildings on 15th Street between Prospect Park West and 8th Avenue lining the northwest side of Bartel- Pritchard Square, as well as a group of buildings on Prospect Park West Buildings facing Bartel-Pritchard Square in the Park Slope Historic District Extension. Image: LPC.
CITYLAND Volume 9 • May 2012 www.CityLandNYC.org 43 peaked roof, and dormers. LANDMARKS PRESERVATION At Landmarks’ June 2011 pub- COMMISSION lic hearing, Robert Neborak, the co-owner of 34 Dominick Street, SoHo, Manhattan testified that his building had lost Designations its original Italianate decoration and was structurally compromised. Landmarks designates 3 of 4 Neborak argued that the only Dominick Street rowhouses characteristic of the Federal style Landmarks declined to designate that remained was Flemish bond a fourth rowhouse at 38 Dominick brick, which had been altered. The Street after the owner argued that owner of 36 Dominick Street also building had lost its historic fabric. opposed designation. On March 27, 2012, Landmarks des- Adrienne Atkinson, who owns ignated three adjacent Federal-era 38 Dominick Street with her hus- houses at 32, 34, and 36 Dominick band Frank Dobbs, testified that the Street near the Holland Tunnel in building had been radically changed SoHo as individual City landmarks. over the years with only a small por- Landmarks had originally calen- tion of the facade still composed of 38 Dominick Street in SoHo. Image: LPC. dared the three buildings along Flemish bond brick. Atkinson also with a fourth Federal rowhouse at testified that elevating the street of its interior. A structural engineer 38 Dominick Street, but the agency grade in the 1920s to accommodate retained by Atkinson and Dobbs ultimately declined to designate the Holland Tunnel truncated the claimed that the facade was in poor that building. The four rowhouses building’s facade and eliminated condition and needed stabiliza- were once part of a row of twelve the stoop. In addition, she claimed tion. Atkinson and Dobbs’ attorney, buildings completed circa 1826. The the building had only retained three Kramer Levin’s Valerie Campbell, four remaining buildings have all Federal-era lintels, that it had lost argued that 38 Dominick Street did undergone alterations, with 34 and its original windows, and that the not meet the landmarks law’s crite- 36 Dominick Street each gaining west side of the building had been ria to be designated as an individual an additional floor. They have both replaced. Eric Sheffield, the archi- landmark because it no longer ex- retained their Flemish bond brick- tect who had most recently worked hibited the characteristic form and work. 32 Dominick Street remains on 38 Dominick Street, testified that details of a Federal rowhouse. the most intact, maintaining its the building had lost the majority Preservation groups including original two-and-a-half story height, of its front facade and the entirety the New York Landmarks Conser- vancy, the Historic Districts Council, and the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation supported the designations. The Society for Architecture of the City’s Christabel Gough noted that the City had few remaining Federal rowhouses and expressed concerns about possibly losing “a whole school of architec- ture one building at a time.” At Landmarks’ March 2012 meeting, Chair Robert B. Tierney ex- plained that after extensive analysis by Landmarks staff, he would rec- ommend that the commissioners decline to designate 38 Dominick Street based on its lack of Federal- era details and materials. Tierney recommended designating the re- maining three rowhouses. The com- missioners agreed with Tierney’s 32, 34, and 36 Dominick Street in SoHo. Image: LPC. recommendation, and voted unani-
CITYLAND Volume 9 • May 2012 www.CityLandNYC.org 44 mously to designate 32, 34, and 36 Dominick Street and to remove 38 Dominick Street from Landmarks’ calendar.
LPC: 32 Dominick Street, Manhat- tan (LP-2480); 34 Dominick Street, Manhattan (LP-2481); 36 Dominick Street, Manhattan (LP-2482); 38 Dom- inick Street, Manhattan (LP-2483) (March 27, 2012).
CITYLAND Comment: At the same meeting, Landmarks also desig- nated a Federal-style rowhouse at 310 Spring Street. Identified as the Dennison and Lydia Wood House, the three story structure was built circa 1818 and retains its original Flemish-bond brick and paneled stone lintels. Landmarked Claremont Stables at 175 West 89th Street in Manhattan. Image: Mary Gillen.
LANDMARKS PRESERVATION program. The Rogers Marvel Archi- top elements and provide the added COMMISSION tects-designed plan will include a benefit of keeping birds outside, and copper-mesh encased rooftop ad- balls inside, the play area. Rogers Certificate of Appropriateness dition and a connecting bridge on said the mesh would create a “shell Upper West Side, Manhattan the rear of the building leading to of a silhouette” that would con- the school’s existing facilities. The trast with the solid masonry of the Private school’s expan- rooftop addition, which at its tallest building’s lower facades. The addi- sion on Upper West Side would reach eighteen feet in height, tion would be partially visible from approved by Landmarks would be used as a physical-activity several street vantages, but existing Stephen Gaynor School plans to ex- space with natural ventilation. The brick parapets along the building pand and connect the Claremont connecting bridge’s design can be would be raised to minimize the Stables building on West 89th Street approved by Landmarks at the staff- addition’s scale. to its facility on West 90th Street. level because only a small portion of Rogers pointed out that the On March 20, 2012, Landmarks ap- it will occupy the landmarked site. school will need a variance from the proved the Stephen Gaynor School’s At Landmarks’ public hearing, BSA to build the addition because it proposal to build a rooftop addition the school’s attorney, Shelly Fried- would intrude into the zoning regu- on the individually landmarked Cla- man, explained that the Claremont lation’s required rear yard space. remont Stables building at 175 West Stables building had originally func- The Historic Districts Coun- 89th Street. The four-story, 1892 tioned as a livery stable and then as cil and Landmark West! opposed Romanesque Revival Claremont a riding academy, prior to closing in the proposal, citing concerns about Stables building is on the north side 2007. The Stephen Gaynor School the proposal’s bulk. Nadezhda Wil- of West 89th Street between Co- purchased the stables after the prior liams, from the Historic Districts lumbus and Amsterdam Avenues in owner failed to convert the building Council, testified that the current Manhattan’s Upper West Side. The into residences. proposal, regardless of use, would Stephen Gaynor School, located be- According to the project’s ar- be too visible and dilute “the impact hind the stables building on West chitect, Rob Rogers of Rogers Marvel of the Claremont Stables.” Chair 90th Street, is a private school serv- Architects, the bulk of the addition Robert B. Tierney stated that Man- ing children with learning disabili- on the stables would be toward the hattan Community Board 7 and the ties between the ages of three and rear of the roof, with a smaller bulk- New York Landmarks Conservancy fourteen. head built closer to the front facade. had submitted letters in favor of The school purchased the The addition, including mechanical the proposal. stables in 2010 to expand its capac- equipment, would be wrapped in a The commissioners responded ity from 298 to 398 students and to copper-colored metal mesh. Marvel positively to the school’s proposal. accommodate a new pre-school said the mesh would unify the roof- Commissioner Fred Bland found
CITYLAND Volume 9 • May 2012 www.CityLandNYC.org 45 that the building’s adaptive reuse an online platform to solicit funding the intent was not to restore the was evidence that “New York is alive for their creative projects. At Land- facade, but to “repair and stabilize and well and so is this building.” marks’ public hearing, Kickstarter it,” leaving the patina of history. Commissioner Michael Goldblum founder Perry Chen explained that Existing graffiti, however, would be said the expanded school would the company, which is currently removed. be an asset to the community, and based in the Lower East Side, had Rami Metal, representing lo- argued that the addition was ap- only sought out buildings with char- cal Council Member Stephen propriate because the landmark acter in which to move its headquar- Levin, testified in support of the was surrounded by larger build- ters. Kickstarter’s Ole Sondresen- plan. Metal said Levin was excited ings and institutional structures. designed plan includes a small to welcome Kickstarter to the com- Chair Tierney stated that the addi- rooftop addition, a new interior munity, noting that the company’s tion had been “sensitively handled courtyard, and new ground floor fundraising efforts had already had and brilliantly designed.” The com- windows and openings. a “profound impact on the creative missioners unanimously approved The rooftop addition will be set culture of Brooklyn.” According to the proposal. back on all sides, and only a portion Metal, Levin found the proposed of a mechanical bulkhead would changes appropriately sensitive and LPC: Claremont Stables, 175 West be visible from the street. An open- 89th Street, Manhattan (12-8788) modest. Landmarks Chair Robert air courtyard would be constructed (March 20, 2012) (Architect: Rogers B. Tierney pointed out that Brook- in the middle of the building adja- Marvel Architects). lyn Community Board 1 supported cent to the addition. The building’s the proposal. original window and door openings, The commissioners unani- LANDMARKS PRESERVATION filled in over the years, would be re- mously approved the proposal. opened. The windows would be set COMMISSION Commissioner Fred Bland com- back to increase the sense of depth mended the design, finding that it in the facade, and new doors would Greenpoint, Brooklyn appropriately displayed the layers replace former garage openings. Certificate of Appropriateness of history of the building, which is The building’s parapet and window called an “arrested ruin.” Commis- Kickstarter wins surrounds would be constructed in sioner Margery Perlmutter agreed, Landmarks’ approval for Corten steel. saying the project would retain the Brooklyn headquarters Historic preservation consul- building’s grit. Vice Chair Pablo tant Cas Stachelberg, of Higgins Internet fundraising company plans Vengoechea stated that the propos- and Quasebarth, testified that the to repair and renovate dilapidated proposed interventions would be al was a “model for restoration in building in Greenpoint. On March “clean, contemporary, and indus- many ways.” 20, 2012, Landmarks approved a trial in their material,” and that the plan by Kickstarter, the crowd- LPC: 58 Kent Street, Brooklyn (12-8050) building would retain all of its his- sourced fundraising company, to (March 20, 2012) (Architect: Ole Son- toric fabric. Stachelberg noted that dresen Architects). adaptively reuse a neglected build- ing at 58 Kent Street in Greenpoint, Brooklyn into its headquarters. 58 Kent Street is one of five buildings making up the former Eberhard Faber Pencil Company factory, which Landmarks designated as a historic district in 2007. 4 CityLand 159 (Nov. 15, 2007). The two-story brick structure includes remnants of the facades of three linked factory buildings, whose upper floors were demolished prior to the 1980s. Prior to designation, the former owner obtained permits to demolish the building’s interior and build a nine- story addition, but construction never took place. Kickstarter is a for-profit com- pany that offers independent artists Future site of Kickstarter’s headquarters at 58 Kent Street in Brooklyn. Image: Mary Gillen.
CITYLAND Volume 9 • May 2012 www.CityLandNYC.org 46 range of uses and more flexibility in it to identify any issues that could ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT site design. EDC will consider pro- affect NYCHA capital improvement CORPORATION posals for all or portions of the site, projects where City funding is used. but will not consider industrial uses The Comptroller’s audit Request for Expressions of Interest for the site. According to the RFEI, claimed that NYCHA officials could Willowbrook, Staten Island the site features sufficient unim- not adequately oversee CM/Build EDC seeks developers proved land area for master plan- projects due to problems with ob- for 46-acre site in Farm ning, historic assets, and views and taining accurate and complete infor- Colony-Seaview Hospital access to the Staten Island Green- mation from Primavera, a software Historic District belt, a 3,500-acre park network. It is program used to track projects. The nearby the College of Staten Island, audit found that, as a result, officials Developers asked to incorporate Sea View Hospital Home Rehabili- were unable to respond promptly to historic preservation into proposals tation Center, and the Greenbelt delays in completing construction for Brielle Avenue parcel. The City’s Recreation Center. and closing out project work. The Economic Development Corpo- The RFEI asks developers for Comptroller calculated that delays ration on March 6, 2012 issued a proposals that include stabilizing of CM/Build projects cost NYCHA request for expressions of interest or restoring the Farm Colony build- approximately $6 million. Addi- for the redevelopment of an ap- ings, and proposals that respect and tionally, the audit suggested that proximately 46-acre site located on incorporate the area’s natural re- NYCHA could save over $1.5 mil- Brielle Avenue in the Willowbrook sources and the Greenbelt. All work lion a year by assigning its in-house neighborhood of Staten Island. The will require Landmarks’ approval. staff to oversee the CM/Build pro- majority of the property was origi- Proposals must be submitted to gram at the project locations on a nally used as an institutional work EDC by May 31, 2012. part-time basis. farm for the poor, known as the EDC: Request for Expressions of Inter- The audit set forth seven rec- New York City Farm Colony, but est - Brielle Avenue (March 6, 2012). ommendations. NYCHA agreed has been vacant for over 30 years. with four of the recommendations The Landmarks Preservation Com- and disagreed with two. According mission in 1985 designated the site NYCHA to the audit, NYCHA did not directly as part of the Farm Colony-Seaview address the recommendation to Hospital Historic District. EDC, City Comptroller Audit ensure that complete and accurate working in coordination with Land- Citywide information be recorded in Prima- marks and local City Council Mem- vera. Instead NYCHA responded ber James S. Oddo, seeks proposals Audit faults NYCHA oversight that it conducted meetings with that would transform the area in a Audit found that NYCHA could project managers and senior staff. way that would complement and save $1.5 million in its capital proj- NYCHA disagreed with the rec- enhance the surrounding commu- ects program annually. On March ommendation to ensure that CM/ nity. The site is also within a Special 15, 2012, City Comptroller John C. Build projects are completed and Natural Area District that mandates Liu issued an audit report on the closed out within their originally City Planning Commission review New York City Housing Author- scheduled timeframes. In response, of proposals. ity’s oversight of its Construction NYCHA asserted that delays could The site contains eleven build- Management Build Program. Un- not be attributed to information in ings built between 1904 and 1939, der the program, known as CM/ Primavera, and that the audit’s cal- which are all generally in states of Build, NYCHA awards contracts to culation of delay costs was overesti- major disrepair due to fire, weather, construction management firms to mated. NYCHA also disagreed with and lack of maintenance. The site provide pre-construction and con- the recommendation to consider also contains approximately six- struction management services for the viability of assigning in-house teen acres of undeveloped land at its particular capital projects. NYCHA construction project managers on a north end. There is a small potter’s implemented the program in 2003 part-time basis to oversee the CM/ field towards the northwest corner to improve project quality and en- Build program. NYCHA responded of the site that may contain human sure the effective and efficient ad- that their in-house managers were remains or artifacts. ministration of projects. As of the necessary to oversee projects and to EDC initially sought propos- report date, NYCHA had awarded act as liaisons to residents affected als for the site in 2005, but did not CM/Build contracts totaling $425 by construction. proceed with development. With million to ten firms. No City funds NYCHA agreed with the rec- this RFEI, however, EDC is encour- were used for the CM/Build pro- ommendations, including to regu- aging developers to propose a wider gram, but the Comptroller audited larly update certain information in
CITYLAND Volume 9 • May 2012 www.CityLandNYC.org 47 CITYLAND PROFILES Landmarks’ Deputy Counsel John Weiss on combating demolition-by-neglect ohn Weiss has fered severe neglect, or its structural sta- comes with its own set of problems. After J served as deputy bility has been compromised, Landmarks discussions with Landmarks, the elderly counsel for the New can initiate what is commonly known as owner of a rowhouse at 437 Waverly Avenue York City Landmarks a demolition-by-neglect lawsuit to force in Brooklyn’s Clinton Hill Historic District Preservation Com- an owner to repair a building. Pursu- decided to sell the building rather than pay mission since 2001. ing, or just threatening to pursue, a civil for its repair. The owner’s parents had pur- Weiss leads Land- action has been an effective way to protect chased the townhouse in the 1920s, and she marks’ efforts to pro- threatened buildings. had been born in the building. She inherited tect landmarked structures from demolition- Working with owners prior to filing a the building after her parents died, but, prior by-neglect, and each of his cases reveals a lawsuit. When Landmarks becomes con- to selling the building she discovered that fascinating tale of New York City real estate. cerned that a building is potentially suffering she did not possess legal title. The owner, After earning his undergraduate degree from demolition-by-neglect, Weiss visits the with the help of her neighbor and a pro bono in political science and public policy from site to photograph and evaluate the build- attorney, successfully established owner- Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachu- ing’s condition. Assessing the site conditions ship through an adverse possession lawsuit. setts, Weiss was torn between studying can be difficult, and Weiss often must gain Weiss participated in the adverse possession law or architecture. He took time off while access to neighboring properties and roof- case and, at a courtroom auction, made at Hampshire to work with the Washington, tops to fully document the site. A building’s sure potential bidders knew they would be D.C. Public Defender Service and then for facade might appear to be in acceptable con- responsible for repairing the building. the Belchertown Planning Board in Mas- dition, but may conceal extensive damage to Litigation as a last resort. Landmarks sachusetts. Weiss also spent a summer in the building’s internal structure. Coordination will work with an owner until it is clear that New York City working for the Municipal Art with the Department of Building’s forensic a demolition-by-neglect lawsuit is the only Society. He returned to MAS after graduat- engineers is essential to determining the true option left. “Time is not on our side,” says ing, where he helped form the Friends of the condition of a building, and Weiss is in daily Weiss, noting that he will file a demolition- Upper East Side Historic Districts. contact with that agency. by-neglect lawsuit more quickly against Following graduation from Columbia After a site visit, Weiss contacts owners an unresponsive owner. The form of relief Law School, Weiss served for four years as and reminds them of their legal obligations sought by Landmarks is a judicial order to an Assistant District Attorney in New York to keep their building in good repair and compel the owner to make repairs, and in County. Weiss later practiced privately, but on occasion will provide them with a list some instances, to pay fines of up to $5,000 returned to the public sector as an assistant of potential architects and contractors who per day. The attorneys at the Administrative corporation counsel in the General Litiga- have worked on landmarked buildings. Ide- Law Division of the City’s Law Department tion Division of the City’s Law Department. ally, owners will voluntarily make repairs or play an instrumental role in pursuing these He then joined Landmarks, where, along- agree to sell the property to someone who cases. Resolution prior to trial is the most side General Counsel Mark Silberman, he will make repairs. common result, with the owner agreeing in handles a wide range of legal, regulatory, Outreach challenges. Weiss pointed a stipulation to a detailed scope of work and and policy matters. Weiss also oversees the out that simply contacting an owner can work schedule. agency’s demolition-by-neglect lawsuits, be difficult. In one instance, it took Weiss The threat of litigation can have different which he described as “the ultimate preser- four months to contact the owner of a impacts on owners. As an example, Weiss vation enforcement tool.” rowhouse in the Hamilton Heights/Sugar Hill noted a pair of separately owned, adjacent Enforcement tools. The City’s adminis- Historic District Extension in Manhattan. He rowhouses at 243 and 245 Lenox Avenue trative code requires that landmarked build- scoured public records and used a private in the Mount Morris Park Historic District. ings must be kept in a state of “good investigator before asking the Social Secu- The owner of 245 Lenox Avenue decided repair.” Landmarks receives and investigates rity Administration to forward a letter to the to restore the building before Landmarks approximately 1,000 reports a year concern- owner, who, as it turns out, had been living sued. The building has been fully restored ing the condition of landmarked buildings. in a homeless shelter in Midtown Manhat- and is now occupied as a four-family home. If an inspection of a site reveals more than tan. Despite the challenges, Landmarks has In contrast, it took an appearance before an minor issues, Landmarks typically will issue never failed to track down the owner of a unsympathetic judge to convince the owner a warning letter to a building owner outlining threatened property. of 243 Lenox Avenue to sign a stipulation the problems and how to correct them. In Sometimes a building owner’s best agreeing to repair his property. While the addition to warning letters, Landmarks has option is to sell the property because the owner has made extensive repairs, the the authority to issue notices of violation and owner cannot make the necessary repairs building’s facade still needs to be completely stop work orders, which can result in fines. due to financial reasons or health problems. restored and remains unoccupied. In situations where a building has suf- As Weiss explained, selling the property (cont’d on page 49)
CITYLAND Volume 9 • May 2012 www.CityLandNYC.org 48 CITYLAND PROFILES Landmarks’ Deputy Counsel John Weiss (cont.) Notable cases. Notable demolition-by- serve notice to someone in Japan. In May cess. Prior to 2000, Landmarks had filed neglect cases include the Skidmore House, 2009 the owner agreed to pay a record $1.1 only one demolition-by-neglect lawsuit. That the Windermere Apartments, and the Corn million in fines. The owner also agreed to sell case involved a run-down rowhouse at 306 Exchange Bank Building. The Skidmore the Windermere, and Landmarks secured a State Street in the Boerum Hill neighbor- House at 37 East 4th Street in Manhattan’s commitment from the new owner to restore hood, and an angry owner who report- East Village is still the only demolition-by- the building. edly placed a curse on Landmarks’ gen- neglect case to go to trial. Weiss explained In the case of the Corn Exchange Bank eral counsel. Landmarks now relies on the that the owner owned a substantial amount Building, on East 125th Street in Harlem, pressure exerted by demolition-by-neglect of real estate and had an in-house architect, the owner had filed for bankruptcy, creating actions with more regularity. Weiss said yet had allowed the building’s roof to col- delays and leading to additional deteriora- that this reflects the agency’s maturation. lapse. New York State Supreme Court Jus- tion of the building. The City’s Economic When Landmarks was formed in 1965, tice Walter B. Tolub deferred to Landmarks’ Development Corporation was able to regain the priority was to identify and designate determination that the owner had failed control of the Corn Exchange, and identify a landmarks. The agency eventually shifted to keep the building in good repair, and new owner. Finally, on April 24, 2012, Land- its focus on regulating landmarked proper- ordered the owner to permanently repair the marks heard the new owner’s rehabilitation ties. As Weiss pointed out, Landmarks’ building’s interior and exterior. plan for the Corn Exchange. administrative enforcement system, i.e., the Landmarks’ enforcement against the Evolution of enforcement at Land- authority to issue warning letters and civil owner of the dilapidated Windermere Apart- marks. Weiss emphasized that an over- fines, was only established in 1998, in large ments on West 57th Street was also news- whelming majority of the approximately part due to the work of then-Deputy Counsel worthy. The former Tokyo-based owner 29,000 buildings under Landmarks’ juris- Mark Silberman. Prior to that, Landmarks refused to repair and maintain the build- diction are properly maintained. Landmarks was limited to issuing “old law” notices of ing. Landmarks initiated a lawsuit, which has only filed ten demolition-by-neglect violation or going before the criminal court required the agency to consult with the State lawsuits, with 75 to 80 buildings currently to enforce compliance. Department to investigate how to properly involved in the demolition-by-neglect pro- — Frank St. Jacques
Primavera, and ensure that Prima- ty contained a two-story, two-family discontinued. The occupants and vera’s tracking reports contain in- building with a one-car garage on mortgagees of the property did not formation about all projects that are the first floor. The inspectors ob- appear. ALJ Addison recommended not completed and closed out. served over the course of their vis- closing the driveway and yard por- its automobiles in various states of tions of premises, while maintaining Audit Report on the New York City repair in the driveway, including a access to the residence. Housing Authority Oversight of the damaged vehicle with its front end Construction Management/Build Pro- removed, and two cars under repair DOB v. Owners of 610 Mead Street, gram, Office of the Comptroller, March with one elevated on a jack and one Bronx, Index No. 815/12 (Jan. 26, 2012). 15, 2012. without a license plate. The inspec- CITYADMIN tors also observed in the property’s ADMINISTRATIVE DECISIONS rear yard automobile parts, garbage, COURT DECISIONS additional unlicensed vehicles, tires, junk storage, and automobile parts. Padlock Law ESDC Buildings sought an order to seal the Van Nest, Bronx premises under the padlock law to Prospect Heights, Brooklyn OATH ALJ orders closure of halt an alleged public nuisance. Supplemental environmen- Bronx property for illegal OATH ALJ Ingrid A. Addison tal review of Atlantic Yards auto use found that the use of the driveway ordered and rear yard constituted a public Occupants illegally used driveway nuisance. ALJ Addison found that Court found ESDC’s environmental and yard of residential property for automobile repair and dead stor- analysis insufficient due to change automobile repair, salvage, and age were commercial uses, and junk in Atlantic Yards project, but refused dead storage. Between 2009 and salvage storage was a manufactur- to halt project. In 2006, the Empire 2011 the Department of Buildings ing use, neither of which were per- State Development Corporation ap- sent inspectors six times to 610 mitted. At the OATH hearing, the proved the general project plan for Mead Street in the Van Nest section property owner settled with Build- Forest City Ratner Companies’ At- of the Bronx. The R5-zoned proper- ings, agreeing to have the illegal uses lantic Yards project in Brooklyn. The
CITYLAND Volume 9 • May 2012 www.CityLandNYC.org 49 challenge. Justice Friedman ruled that the MTA agreement’s exten- sion for acquiring air rights, and the development agreement’s 2035 completion date and less stringent enforcement measures raised a “substantial question” as to whether ESDC had a rational basis for us- ing a ten-year build-out ending in 2019. She ordered ESDC to make additional findings on the impact of both agreements on the continued use of the ten-year build-out, and on whether additional environmental review was required or warranted. 7 CityLand 176 (December 2010). On remand, ESDC concluded that the agreements did not have a material effect on whether it was reasonable to use the ten-year Atlantic Yards construction site along Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn. Image: CityLand. build-out to assess the environmen- tal impacts of the project. ESDC $4 billion project includes a sports After the community groups also concluded, based on environ- arena and sixteen high-rise build- filed their challenge, ESDC and mental impact analysis documents, ings. Ratner agreed to purchase air Ratner in December 2009 signed a that a supplemental environmen- rights from the Metropolitan Trans- master development agreement to tal impact statement was not war- portation Authority at the beginning implement the modified general ranted or required even if there of the project in order to facilitate project plan that extended the proj- were a delay in the ten-year build- the development of six of the build- ect’s final phase to 25 years, or 2035. out. ESDC further concluded that a ings. The project’s environmental Rather than submitting the delay would not result in any new review assumed a ten-year build- master development agreement significant adverse environmental out for the project and a completion during oral arguments, ESDC relied impacts not previously identified date of 2016. on a one-page summary of the mas- and considered. In June 2009, Ratner and the ter development agreement and the The community groups again MTA renegotiated the terms of their modified general project plan to challenged ESDC’s findings, argu- agreement to permit Ratner to ac- support its reasoning for continu- ing that the agreements significantly quire the air rights over a fifteen- ing to use a ten-year build-out esti- extended the time frame for the year period extending to 2030. In mate. The one-page summary cited build-out of the final phase of the September 2009, ESDC adopted to the modified general project plan, project. Given the extended time the project’s modified general proj- which required Ratner to use com- frame, the community groups ar- ect plan, but continued to assume mercially reasonable efforts to com- gued that the ten-year build date a ten-year build-out with an esti- plete the project by 2019. Justice was an impermissible basis for mated project completion date of Marcy S. Friedman found that ESDC environmental analysis. 2019. As such, ESDC concluded that had a rational basis for relying on Justice Friedman agreed and no additional environmental review the ten-year build-out and rejected again remanded the matter to ESDC was required. the challenge. for further environmental review, Two community groups, De- The community groups moved including preparing a supplemental velop Don’t Destroy Brooklyn and to reargue the case and requested environmental impact statement. the Prospect Heights Neighborhood that Justice Friedman accept the The court ruled that ESDC’s con- Development Council, filed a peti- master development agreement tinuing use of the ten-year build tion claiming that ESDC ignored the into the record. Justice Friedman date lacked a rational basis because impacts of the renegotiated MTA granted the request. On review of of the major change in deadlines agreement on the project’s time the agreement, Justice Friedman reflected in both agreements, in- frame for construction and should found that ESDC failed to meet its cluding the contemplated comple- have concluded that additional en- obligation to submit a complete and tion date of the final phase by 2035. vironmental review was warranted. accurate record during the initial Justice Friedman also ruled that
CITYLAND Volume 9 • May 2012 www.CityLandNYC.org 50 ESDC had failed to take a “hard look” at the environmental impacts CENTER FOR NEW YORK CITY LAW of the 2009 modified general project plan, and that ESDC must prepare UPCOMING EVENTS a supplemental environmental im- pact statement addressing the po- THE EIGHTEENTH tential delays in the final phase of CITYWIDE SEMINAR ON ETHICS IN NEW YORK construction. The court found that CITY GOVERNMENT ESDC’s environmental impact anal- Co-sponsored by: ysis documents did not adequately Center for New York City Law and assess the impacts of the extended The New York City Conflicts of delay, including impacts on traf- Interest Board fic, air quality, noise, neighborhood Tuesday, May 22, 2012, 8:00 a.m. character, open space, and socio- to 1:00 p.m. economic conditions. Justice Fried- New York Law School 185 West Broadway man did not, however, order a stay (between Worth & Leonard Streets), of the project, ruling that the current New York, New York construction phase had been ad- Four Ethics CLE credits available. equately reviewed. Registration required. For more information contact ESDC appealed the decision, Sarah Knowles at 212-431-2383 but the First Department affirmed. The appellate court found that CITYADMIN ESDC knew, when it approved the Decisions on www.CityAdmin.org AGENCY NUMBER OF YEARS 2009 modified general project plan, NAME DECISIONS AVAILABLE that the economic downturn that BSA 3,827 2002-Present necessitated the negotiation of new Council 1,084 2003-2005 agreements would also prevent a CPC 1,916 2003-Present ten-year build-out. And like the low- DOB 68 1999-Present er court, the appellate court found Landmarks 2,827 2002-Present ESDC’s environmental analysis Loft Board 2,852 1996-Present documents inadequate. Information on CITYADMIN is provided free Develop Don’t Destroy (Brooklyn), Inc. with support from: v. Empire State Dev. Corp., 2012 N.Y. Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP Slip Op. 02752 (1st Dep’t April 12, 2012) Speaker Christine Quinn, New York City Council (Attorneys: Jeffrey S. Baker, Albert K. Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP Butzel, for community groups; Philip E. Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP Karmel, for ESDC; Jeffrey L. Braun, for Kramer, Levin, Naftalis & Frankel LLP Forest City Ratner). Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP
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New Applications Filed with DCP - March 1 to April 30, 2012
Applicant Project/Address Description ULURP No. representative Zoning Text and Map Amendments
HPD, DCAS, EDC Seward Park Mixed-Use Rezone R8 to R8/C2-5 for 1.6m sq.ft. mixed-use project; 120226ZMM; Development, MN map/demap portions of several streets; special permit to modify bulk 120227ZRM; regulations in large scale general development (LSGD); special permit to 120228ZSM; modify use regulations in LSGD; City Planning Commission 120229ZSM; authorization to modify signage requirement; special permit to 120230ZAM; modify bulk regulations in LSGD; special permit for approximately 120231ZSM; 250-space parking lot on Site 3; special permit for approximately 120233ZSM; 50-space parking lot on Site 4; special permit for approximately 120234ZSM; 305-space parking lot on Site 5; Urban Development Action Area Program 120235ZSM; (UDAPP) & disposition; disposition of parcels in project area 120236HAM; from HPD or DCAS to future developers or EDC; acquisition of a 120245PPM; portion of Site 2 in connection with possible Essex Market facility 120237PQM Special Permits/Other Actions
NYCDP NYC Coastal Zones, Citywide Revision to the Waterfront Revitalization Program 120213NPY Judo Associates 341 Canal Street, MN Ren. of spec. perm. to allow Use Group 6 and residential uses in 7-sty. Bldg. 120207CMM Akerman Senterfitt DCAS 22 Reade St., MN Dispose of City-owned property (Civic Center plan) 120267PPM EDC LPC 32 Dominick St. House, MN Landmark designation 120263HKM LPC 34 Dominick St. House, MN Landmark designation 120264HKM LPC 36 Dominick St. House, MN Landmark designation 120265HKM LPC Dennison & Lydia Wood House, MN Landmark designation 120266HKM Whole Foods Market Group 172 3rd St., MN Certification (no waterfront access, visual corridors required) 120287ZCK Wachtel & Masyr DCAS 100 Church Street, MN Acquire 100k sq.ft. to relocate 3 agencies from 40 Rector Street 120232PXM High Line Partners 507 West 24th Street, MN Cert. for High Line Transfer Corridor Bonus to permit FAR increase 120208ZCM Kramer Levin Melanie Myers 605 West 42nd Street, MN Cert. to allow 294-space parking facility 120210ZCM Fried Frank MTM Associates 150 Wooster Street, MN Text change to expand lot coverage; special permit to allow 120200ZRM; Bryan Cave residential use in building (including cellar and ground floor) 120201ZSM L&L Foods of First Ave. 104 First Ave., MN Renewal of 21-seat enclosed sidewalk cafe (McDonald’s) 120258ECM Sharaku, Inc. 14 Stuyvesant Street, MN New enclosed cafe with 18 seats (Sharaku) 120221ECM East Side DD 113 243 Third Ave., MN Renewal of 21-seat enclosed sidewalk cafe (Dunkin Donuts/Baskin Robbins) 120251ECM Oliver King Enterprises 173 Seventh Ave., MN Renewal of 22-seat enclosed sidewalk cafe (Szechuan Village) 120252ECM Lamarca, Inc. 161 East 22nd Street, MN Renewal of cafe with 10 seats (Lamarca Cheese Shop) 120222ECM 603 Second Ave. 603 Second Avenue, MN Renewal of enclosed cafe with 27 seats (The Benjamin) 120225ECM 2 Gold LLC 2 Gold St., MN Renewal of 28-seat enclosed sidewalk cafe 120284ZCM Bryan Cave Karavas Food Ltd. 162 W. 48th St., MN Renewal of 22-seat enclosed sidewalk cafe (Karavas Place Tavern) 120279ECM Acropol Rest. Corp. 1133 First Ave., MN Renewal of 32-seat enclosed sidewalk cafe (Ritz Diner) 120256ECM Amber West 70 Inc. 221 Columbus Ave., MN Renewal of 22-seat enclosed sidewalk cafe 120278ECM Cafe 71, Inc. 2061 Broadway, MN Renewal of 29-seat enclosed sidewalk cafe (Cafe 71) 120254ECM Terminus Rest. Assocs. 1057 Lexington Ave., MN Renewal of 28-seat enclosed sidewalk cafe (Orsay Restaurant) 120274ECM 1st Ave. Brother Jimmy’s 1485 Second Ave., MN Renewal of 30-seat enclosed sidewalk cafe (Brother Jimmy’s BBQ) 120280ECM Shake Shack 366 Columbus 366 Columbus Ave., MN Renewal of 34-seat enclosed sidewalk cafe (Shake Shack) 120250ECM Viand Rest. Assocs. 300 E. 86th St., MN Renewal of 14-seat enclosed sidewalk cafe (Viand Coffee Shop) 120273ECM 352 E. 86th St. Rest. 352 E. 86th St., MN Renewal of 22-seat enclosed sidewalk cafe (Gracie’s Corner) 120255ECM Steven Jay, LLC 7419 Third Ave., MN Renewal of 28-seat enclosed sidewalk cafe (Parlor Steakhouse) 120285ECM 94 Corner Cafe Corp. 2518 Broadway, MN Renewal of 20-seat enclosed sidewalk cafe (94 Corner Cafe) 120253ECM Starbucks Corp. 7419 Third Ave., BK Renewal of 6-seat enclosed sidewalk cafe (Starbucks) 120286ECK The Smoke Joint LLC 87 S. Elliot Pl., BK Renewal of 12-seat enclosed sidewalk cafe (The Smoke Joint) 120277ECK Roll-N-Roaster Corp. 2901 Emmons Ave., BK Renewal of 28-seat enclosed sidewalk cafe (Roll-N-Roaster) 120276ECK P.J. Coffee Shop, Inc. 80 Clark St., BK Renewal of 40-seat enclosed sidewalk cafe (Clarke’s Restaurant) 120275ECK Bnos Bais Yaakow 1221 Caffrey Avenue, QN Beach 12th Street demapping 120209MMQ Leah Posen NYPD 28th Ave., QN Extinguish water main easement, construct police academy 120262MEQ Philip Habib ACS, DCAS 29-49 Gillmore St., QN Acquisition to continue lease (Jerome Hardeman Child Care Ctr.) 120260PQQ HH Purdy Architects 39-61 47th St., QN Penetrate height & setback regs. in Sunnyside HD 120257ZAQ
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New Applications Filed with DCP - March 1 to April 30, 2012
Applicant Project/Address Description ULURP No. representative Special Permits/Other Actions
Caribbean Cultural Ctr. 120 E. 125th St., MN Convert firehouse to community facility 120248HAM Shampa Chanda HPD 601 E. 163rd St., BX Modify community facility restriction to allow affordable housing 930541APPX Talner Congregation 5437 Fieldston Rd., BX Waive parking requirements for new synagogue 120272ZCX Junger Associates ACS, DCAS 1600 Crotona Park East, BX Acquisition to continue lease (Tremont Crotona Child Care Ctr.) 120260PQX Ditmas Park Care 2107 Ditmas Avenue, BK Cert. no spec. perm. req’d. for enlrg. 120203ZCK Goldman Harris Bay Ridge Methodist 364 Ovington Ave., BK Waive parking requirements for new church 120261ZCK Barry Berg Arch. Brooklyn Public Library 299 Avenue X, BK Acquire building to operate library 120271PQK Allen Arthur LLC 4521 Arthur Kill Road, SI Cert. to subdivide 2 lots into 3; authority to modify 120223RAR; Steven Savino topography to build community facility 120224RCR Steven Savino Ed Lauria Assoc. 160-191 Edinboro Road, SI Auth. of a dev., mod. of yd., setback, grading controls to build 4 homes 120202ZAR Ackerman Prop. 30 Ackerman Street, SI Authorizations to facilitate the alteration of 1-family home into 120204ZAR; Stanley Krebushevski two side-by-side dwellings within a 2-family home 120205ZAR Oak Developers 193-197 Hillside Terrace, SI Cert. for school seats for 3 homes 120206RCR Joseph Morace Gordon Rugg Keegans Lane, SI Cert. to subdivide 1 lots into 2 120211RCR Bart Castellano 150 Detroit Avenue, SI Cert. to subdivide 1 lots into 3 120212RCR James Morri Ralph Monda 71 Hanover Avenue, SI Cert. for school seats for 3 units 120214RCR Calvanico Assoc. Ralph Monda 12 Lindenwood Road, SI Cert. for school seats for 4 units 120215RCR Calvanico Assoc. Diana Leonardi 355 Arden Avenue, SI Cert. for school seats for 2 units 120216RCR Calvanico Assoc. 565 Main Street, SI Cert. for school seats for 4 units 120217RCR Calvanico Assoc. Michael Miranda 848 Carlton Boulevard, SI Cert. to subdivide 1 lot, school seats 120218RCR Calvanico Assoc. Orin Builders Ramona Avenue, SI Cert. for school seats to build 8 units 120219RCR Moss & Syad Robert Kelly Barclay Avenue, SI Cert. to subdivide 2 lots into 3 120220RCR Moss & Syad 7335 Amboy Road 7 Faith Court, SI Cert. for school seats for 1-story home 120238RCR Glen Cutrona Richmond Valley Plaza 245 Richmond Valley Rd., SI Certification to subdivide 1 lot into 2 120249RCR Rampulla Assocs. Crown Jewel Estates 5219 Amboy Rd., SI Certification to subdivide lot to build two 1-family homes 120268RCR Calvanico Assocs. Crown Jewel Estates 120 Barclay Ave., SI Certification to subdivide lot to build two 1-family homes 120269RCR Calvanico Assocs. Crown Jewel Estates 340 Ashland Ave., SI Certification to subdivide lot to build three 1-family homes 120270RCR Calvanico Assocs.
ULURP PIPELINE
New Applications Certified into ULURP
PROJECT DESCRIPTION COMM. BD. ULURP NO. CERTIFIED
83 Walker Street Special permit MN 1 100149ZSM 3/12/2012 Highbridge Child Care/Senior Center Acquisition of property BX 4 120140PQX 3/12/2012 Seward Park Mixed-Use Development Rezoning; zoning text amendments; MN 3 120226ZMM; 3/26/2012 UDAAP; dispose of City property; N120227ZRM; acquisition of property; City map change 120228ZSM; 120229ZSM; 120231ZSM; 120233ZSM; 120234ZSM; 120235ZSM; 120236HAM; 120237PQM; 120156MMM; N120230ZAM 59 Walton St. Rezoning Rezoning; zoning text amendment BK 1 100041ZMK; 3/26/2012 N100042ZRK 74 Wallabout Street Rezoning Rezoning BK 1 110390ZMK 3/26/2012 Chelsea Market Rezoning; zoning text amendment MN 4 N120142ZRM; 4/9/2012 120143ZMM Wolfe’s Pond Park UDAAP designation; dispose of City SI 3 060496HAR; 4/9/2012 property; rezoning; City map amendment 060495ZMR; 060494MMR Veteran’s Plaza-Veteran’s Road West Rezoning; special permit; Chair’s SI 3 110218ZMR; 4/9/2012
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New Applications Certified into ULURP
PROJECT DESCRIPTION COMM. BD. ULURP NO. CERTIFIED
certifications & authorizations 110219ZSR; N110220RAR; N110221RAR; N110222ZCR; N110262ZCR Civic Center Plan Dispose of City property MN 1 120267PPM 4/23/2012 Soundview Partners Apartments Rezoning; Chair’s certification BX 9 120173ZMX; 4/23/2012 N120174ZCX Marconi Street Grade Changes City map amendment BX 11 110401MMX 4/23/2012 Gravesend Branch Library Acquisition of property BK 15 120271PQK 4/23/2012 Non-ULURP Referrals
PROJECT DESCRIPTION COMM. BD. APP. NO. REFERRED
120 East 125th Street UDAAP deisgnation and project approval MN 11 N120248HAM 4/23/2012 Maple Mesa Modification of previously approved disposition of City property BX 3 M930541PPX 4/23/2012
BSA PIPELINE
New Applications Filed with BSA — March 1 to April 27, 2012
APPLICANT PROJECT/ADDRESS DESCRIPTION APP. NO. REPRESENTATIVE VARIANCES
Edward Kang 78 Franklin St., MN Permit physical culture establishment 70-12-BZ Francis R. Angelino 547 Broadway Realty 547 Broadway, MN Legalize 1st-floor retail use 75-12-BZ Sheldon Lobel PC Martha Schwartz 216 Lafayette St., MN Permit cellar restaurant 61-12-BZ Sheldon Lobel PC IGS Realty Co. 336 W. 37th St., MN Legalize office use 48-12-BZ Marvin B. Mitzner Haug Properties LLC 515 E. 73rd St., MN Waive bulk, setback, parking requirements 137-12-BZ Fried Frank 1442 First Ave. LLC 1442 First Ave., MN Extension to eating & drinking establishment, construct stairs 67-12-BZ Sheldon Lobel PC Not available 223 St. Nicholas Ave., MN Modify lot coverage, parking requirements for FRESH store 66-12-BZ Bryan Cave VBI Land Inc. 614 Morris Ave., BX Permit commercial use in R7-1 district 62-12-BZ Akerman Senterfit Alan Mucatel 450 Castle Hill, BX Allow new ADA-compliant elevator 105-12-BZ Zaskorski & Notaro Juan Noboa 846 Gerard Ave., BX Legalize 1-story extension for 1-story commercial building 91-12-BZ Jorge Lee Lodz Development 213 Flatbush Ave., BK Waive certain zoning requirements 72-12-BZ Wachtel Masyr Ocher Realty LLC 1 Maspeth Ave., BK Permit 5-story development 69-12-BZ Eric Palatnik PC Harris, Marceline Gindi 2701 Avenue N, BK Permit house of worship in R2 district 63-12-BZ Sheldon Lobel PC Goldy Jacobowitz 91 Franklin Ave., BK Build 5-story residential building in M1-1 district 77-12-BZ Moshe M. Friedman Archer Ave. Partners 165-10 Archer Ave., QN Construct 14-story building 71-12-BZ Akerman Senterfit Rockaway Blvd. Associates 89-15 Rockaway Blvd., QN Reestablish variance for gas station 68-12-BZ Vassalotti Assocs. Ian Schindler 240-27 Depew Ave., QN Reconstruct landmarked building 59-12-BZ Mitchell S. Ross Ilana Bangiyev 65-39 102nd St., QN Construct 4-story community facility 54-12-BZ Gerald J. Caliendo St. Paul ChongHa-Sang 32-05 Parsons Blvd., QN Permit parapet wall higher than 42 inches 113-12-BZ Mitchell S. Ross 177-90 Holding LLC 177-60 S. Conduit Ave., QN Construct 1-story retail building in R3-2 district 50-12-BZ Gerald J. Caliendo SPECIAL PERMITS/OTHER ACTION
Wells 60 Broad Street 60 New St., MN Permit physical culture establishment on ground floor 111-12-BZ Eric Palatnik PC Jonathan P. Rosen 443 Park Ave. S., MN Permit physical culture establishment in cellar 78-12-BZ Francis R. Angelino Third Avenue Tower Owner 600 Third Ave., MN Permit physical culture establishment in commercial bldg. 107-12-BZ Rothkrug Rothkrug Barbizon Hotels Assocs. 140 E. 63rd St., MN Permit physical culture estab. in C1-8X and R8B districts 80-12-BZ Rothkrug Rothkrug Impala Retail Owner 1456 First Ave., MN Permit physical culture establishment 79-12-BZ Jeri Fogel Parkwood Realty Assocs. 158 W. 83rd St., MN Enlarge building beyond permitted FAR 86-12-BZ Park It Management Spring Swinehart 1477 Third Ave., MN Legalize physical culture establishment 116-12-BZ Francis R. Angelino Edgar Soto 2102 Jerome Ave., BX Build 1-story retail store 106-12-BZ Eric Palatnik PC Linda, Robert Laitz 1232 E. 27th St., BK Enlarge 1-family dwelling 53-12-BZ Fredrick A. Becker
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New Applications Filed with BSA — March 1 to April 27, 2012
APPLICANT PROJECT/ADDRESS DESCRIPTION APP. NO. REPRESENTATIVE VARIANCES
Kollel L’Horoah 762 Wythe Ave., BK Legalize religious school 55-12-BZ Eric Palatnik PC Alexander Grinberg 168 Norfolk St., BK Enlarge 1-family dwelling 56-12-BZ Eric Palatnik PC Mykola Volynsky 2670 E. 12th St., BK Enlarge 1-family dwelling 57-12-BZ Eric Palatnik PC Shlomo Dabah 3960 Bedford Ave., BK Enlarge 1-family dwelling 58-12-BZ Fredrick A. Becker Yisroel Brodt 1140 E. 28th St., BK Enlarge 1-family dwelling 65-12-BZ Lewis E. Garfinkel Diana Trost 252 Exeter St., BK Erect second story 74-12-BZ Harold Weinberg Alexander Ostrovsky 148 Norfolk St., BK Enlarge 1-family homes contrary to FAR, side yard, open space 76-12-BZ Sheldon Lobel PC Miriam Benabu 2011 E. 22nd St., BK Enlarge 1-family semi-detached residence 82-12-BZ Fredrick A. Becker A&J Properties LLC 1720 Sheepshead Bay Rd., BK Continue physical culture establishment (Bally’s Total Fitness) 87-12-BZ Troutman Sanders RMDS Realty Assocs. 701 64th St., BK Reduce accessory off-street parking 115-12-BZ Sheldon Lobel PC 41-19 Bell Blvd. LLC 41-19 Bell Blvd., QN Legalize physical culture establishment 73-12-BZ Jeffrey Chester 16302 Jamaica LLC 163-02 Jamaica Ave., QN Permit physical culture establishment 64-12-BZ Rothkrug Rothkrug Laterra Inc. 34-09 F. Lewis Blvd., QN Permit physical culture establishment 49-12-BZ Sheldon Lobel PC McDonald’s Real Estate 98-01 Metropolitan Ave., QN Reconstruct eating & drinking establishment with drive-thru 81-12-BZ Eric Palatnik PC Paula Jacob 178-21 Hillside Ave., QN Reinstate variance (accessory parking) 104-12-BZ Sheldon Lobel PC Raymond & Colleen Olsen 244 Demorest Ave., SI Enlarge 1-family dwelling 112-12-BZ Rothkrug Rothkrug APPEALS
Mazda Realty Assocs. 13 Laight St., MN Maintain advertising sign in manufacturing district 101-12-A Fried Frank 393 Canal St. Realty 393 Canal St., MN Maintain advertising sign in manufacturing district 99-12-A; Fried Frank 100-12-A 66 Watts Realty 100 Varick St., MN Build 14-story building w/ground floor retail in M1-6 district 110-12-A Greenberg Traurig Robal Arlington Corp. 111 Varick St., MN Maintain advertising sign in manufacturing district 90-12-A Fried Frank Name Mutual LLC 462 Eleventh Ave., MN Maintain advertising sign in commercial district 88-12-A; Fried Frank 89-12-A 620 Properties Assocs. 620 Twelfth Ave., MN Maintain advertising sign in manufacturing district 97-12-A; Fried Frank 98-12-A Calandra LLC 2284 Twelfth Ave., MN Maintain advertising sign in manufacturing district 95-12-A; Fried Frank 96-12-A Edison Properties LLC 571 Riverside Dr., MN Maintain advertising sign in commercial district 92-12-A - Fried Frank 94-12-A Tremont Three LLC 4215 Park Ave., BX Development in mapped street bed 46-12-A Eric Palatnik PC Frank Ferrovecchio 653 Bruckner Blvd., BX Maintain advertising sign in commercial district 83-12-A; Fried Frank 84-12-A G.A.L. Manufacturing Co. 50 E. 153rd St., BX Maintain advertising sign in manufacturing district 85-12-A Fried Frank Kehley Holding Corp. 46-12 Third Ave., BK Appeal DOB denial (non-conforming use status of signs) 108-12-A; Davidoff Malito 109-12-A 74-76 Adelphi Realty 74 Adelphi St., BK Vested rights to continue development 103-12-A Sheldon Lobel PC Ian Schindler 240-27 Depew Ave., QN Reconstruct landmarked building 60-12-A Mitchell S. Ross Breezy Point Co-op. 35 Janet Lane, QN Reconstruct building in mapped street bed 52-12-A Zygmunt Staszewski Breezy Point Co-op. 46 Tioga Walk, QN Reconstruct building in mapped street bed 51-12-A Zygmunt Staszewski LIRR/MTA Van Wyck Expressway & Atlantic Ave., QN Confirm exemption of railroad signs from City regs. 117-12-A Stroock & Stroock LIRR/MTA BQE & Queens Blvd., QN Confirm exemption of railroad signs from City regs. 118-12-A Stroock & Stroock CSX BQE south of 31st Ave., QN Confirm exemption of railroad signs from City regs. 119-12-A Stroock & Stroock CSX BQE & 31st Ave., QN Confirm exemption of railroad signs from City regs. 120-12-A Stroock & Stroock CSX BQE & 32nd Ave., QN Confirm exemption of railroad signs from City regs. 121-12-A Stroock & Stroock CSX BQE & 32nd Ave., QN Confirm exemption of railroad signs from City regs. 122-12-A Stroock & Stroock CSX BQE south of 34th Ave., QN Confirm exemption of railroad signs from City regs. 123-12-A Stroock & Stroock CSX BQE & 34th Ave., QN Confirm exemption of railroad signs from City regs. 124-12-A Stroock & Stroock LIRR/MTA Long Island Expwy. east of 25th St., QN Confirm exemption of railroad signs from City regs. 125-12-A; Stroock & Stroock 126-12-A Stroock & Stroock Conrail Northern Blvd. & BQE, QN Confirm exemption of railroad signs from City regs. 127-12-A Stroock & Stroock LIRR/MTA Queens Blvd. & BQE, QN Confirm exemption of railroad signs from City regs. 128-12-A Stroock & Stroock LIRR/MTA Queens Blvd. & 74th St., QN Confirm exemption of railroad signs from City regs. 129-12-A Stroock & Stroock Chart continues on next page CITYLAND May 2012 www.CityLandNYC.org C-4 BSA PIPELINE (CONT.)
New Applications Filed with BSA — March 1 to April 27, 2012
APPLICANT PROJECT/ADDRESS DESCRIPTION APP. NO. REPRESENTATIVE APPEALS
Amtrak Skillman Ave. btw. 28th & 29th St., QN Confirm exemption of railroad signs from City regs. 130-12-A Stroock & Stroock LIRR/MTA Van Wyck Exp. no. of Roosevelt Ave., QN Confirm exemption of railroad signs from City regs. 131-12-A; Stroock & Stroock 132-12-A LIRR/MTA Woodhaven Blvd. no. of Elliot Ave., QN Confirm exemption of railroad signs from City regs. 133-12-A Stroock & Stroock Conrail Long Island Expressway & 34th St., QN Confirm exemption of railroad signs from City regs. 134-12-A Stroock & Stroock Conrail Long Island Expressway at 74th St., QN Confirm exemption of railroad signs from City regs. 135-12-A Stroock & Stroock Point 27 37-27 Hunters Pt., QN Maintain advertising sign in residential district 136-12-A Fried Frank Breezy Point Co-op. 489 Sea Breeze Walk, QN Replace building (street frontage) 102-12-A Zygmunt Staszewski Astoria Landing Inc. 24-59 32nd St., QN Pre-existing advertising sign 114-12-A Astoria Landing FHR Development 22 Lewiston St., SI Appeal DOB denial (construct new building) 47-12-A Rothkrug Rothkrug
LANDMARKS PIPELINE
Proposed Designations — March to April 2012
Name Address Action Date
Hotel Mansfield 12 W. 44th St., MN Calendared; 3/6/2012; Heard 3/27/2012 Bowery Bank of New York 124 Bowery, MN Calendared 3/27/2012 32 Dominick Street House 32 Dominick St., MN Designated 3/27/2012 34 Dominick Street House 34 Dominick St., MN Designated 3/27/2012 36 Dominick Street House 36 Dominick St., MN Designated 3/27/2012 38 Dominick Street House 38 Dominick St., MN De-calendared 3/27/2012 Dennison Wood House 310 Spring St., MN Designated 3/27/2012 Yorkville Bank Building 1511 Third Ave., MN Heard 3/27/2012 Sears Roebuck & Co. Department Store 2307 Beverly Rd., BK Heard 3/27/2012 Barbizon Hotel For Women 140 E. 63rd St., MN Designated 4/17/2012 Firehouse, Engine Co. 83 618 E. 138th St., BX Calendared 4/17/2012 Firehouse, Engine Co. 41 330 E. 150th St., BX Calendared 4/17/2012 Park Slope HD Extension Park Slope, BK Designated 4/17/2012 Firehouse, Engine Co. 305 111-02 Queens Blvd., QN Calendared 4/17/2012 Sears Roebuck & Co. Store 2307 Beverly Rd., BK Heard 3/27/2012 Actions Taken — March to April 2012
Final Permits to be Issued after Landmarks Receives Conforming Plans Address Landmark/Historic District description Docket No. App’d
March 6, 2012 25 Park Pl., MN 25 Park Place Building Install storefront infill 12-7530 Yes 141 E. 39th St., MN Allerton 39th Street House Install marquees, replace windows 12-7711 Yes 150 E. 42nd St., MN Socony-Mobil Building Replace infill 12-7901 Yes 7 Harrison St., MN Tribeca West HD Install infill, construct rooftop addition 12-7674 W/Mod 11 Vestry St., MN Tribeca North HD Replace access lift 12-5126 Yes 532 Broadway, MN SoHo-Cast Iron HD Alter infill 12-4291 Yes 130 Prince St., MN SoHo-Cast Iron HD Alter ground floor, install infill 12-7630 Yes 5 W. 8th St., MN Greenwich Village HD Construct addition, rooftop mechanical equipment 12-5373 W/Mod 40 W. 22nd St., MN Ladies’ Mile HD Install marquee 12-4961 Yes 50 W. 23rd St., MN Ladies’ Mile HD Reclad base, install infill 12-7336 Yes 100 W. 23rd St., MN Ladies’ Mile HD Install storefront infill; replace windows 12-3011; Yes 12-3114 Yes 1016 Lexington Ave., MN Upper East Side HD Legalize awning 12-5665 Yes 151 Lafayette Ave., BK Fort Greene HD Alter entrance 12-4580 Yes
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Actions Taken — March to April 2012
Final Permits to be Issued after Landmarks Receives Conforming Plans Address Landmark/Historic District description Docket No. App’d
March 13, 2012 91 Chambers St., MN Tribeca South HD Create new entrance & install temporary wall signs 12-6820 Yes 278 Lafayette St., MN SoHo-Cast Iron HD Replace infill, install condenser 12-6270 Yes 1 Jane St., MN Greenwich Village HD Replace windows 11-7758 Yes 81 Horatio St., MN Greenwich Village HD Amend C of A (railings) 12-9013 Yes 101 W. 87th St., MN Upper West Side/CPW HD Alter facade, install marquee 12-6926 Yes 14 Tompkins Pl., BK Cobble Hill HD Construct stair bulkhead, rear yard addition 12-5100 W/Mod 336 Knollwood Ave., QN Douglaston HD Enlarge house, construct addition, garage, remove tree 11-5004 W/Mod March 20, 2012 175 W. 89th St., MN Claremont Stables Construct rooftop addition, bridge at rear 12-8788 Yes 2 Eastern Pkwy., BK Brooklyn Public Library Establish master plan (rooftop equipment.) 12-3751 Yes Governors Island, MN Governors Island HD Establish master plan (temporary, seasonal installations) 12-8539 Yes 449 Broadway, MN SoHo-Cast Iron HD Install infill, signage 12-7332 Yes 11 St. Luke’s Pl., MN Greenwich Village HD Construct rooftop & rear additions, reconstruct facade 12-7301 W/Mod 32 Morton St., MN Greenwich Village HD Enlarge windows 12-6141 Yes 29 Seventh Ave. S., MN Greenwich Village HD Ext. II Replace infill, signage 12-8522 Yes 154 Fifth Ave., MN Ladies’ Mile HD Install signage 12-8665 Yes 36 Gramercy Park E., MN Gramercy Park HD Establish master plan (mechanical equipment) 12-2247 Yes 23 W. 23rd St., MN Ladies’ Mile HD Install storefront infill 12-8404 Yes 4 E. 75th St., MN Upper East Side HD Alter rear facade 12-6882 Yes 58 Kent St., BK Eberhard Pencil Co. HD Alter facades, construct roof addition & light court 12-8050 Yes 48 Henry St., BK Brooklyn Heights HD Install mechanical equipment 12-4814 W/D 185 Sixth Ave., BK Park Slope HD Install deck, create door opening 12-8363 Yes 611 Vanderbilt Ave., BK Prospect Heights HD Legalize infill, gate 12-8751 In Part 342 Arleigh Rd., QN Douglaston HD Enclose porch 12-6865 Yes March 27, 2012 2 Eastern Pkwy., BK Brooklyn Public Library Construct addition 12-4726 Yes 15 W. 63rd St., MN Upper West Side/CPW HD Install marquee 11-5746 Yes 12 W. 68th St., MN Upper West Side/CPW HD Demolish addition, construct addition 12-4278 Yes 240 Columbus Ave., MN Upper West Side/CPW HD Install infill, modify enclosed sidewalk cafe 12-7797 Yes 344 W. 88th St., MN Riverside-West End HD Construct rear addition, replace windows 12-5626 In Part 20 W. 94th St., MN Upper West Side/CPW HD Install ramp, marquee 12-9109 W/Mod 137 Hollywood Ave., QN Douglaston HD Amend C of A to alter house, construct addition 13-0221 In Part April 10, 2012 10 Hubert St., MN Tribeca North HD Construct rooftop addition, install infill 12-6491 W/Mod 323 Canal St., MN SoHo-Cast Iron HD Install infill, alter roof 12-6522 W/Mod 540 Broadway, MN SoHo-Cast Iron HD Install infill, legalize flagpole 12-6452 Yes 66 Leroy St., MN Greenwich Village HD Ext. II Install mechanical equipment, acoustical panels 12-7952 Yes 451 Hudson St., MN Greenwich Village HD Legalize gate, fence 12-2802 Yes 636 Sixth Ave., MN Ladies’ Mile HD Construct rooftop addition 12-3901 Yes 29 E. 20th St., MN Ladies’ Mile HD Legalize infill, windows 12-7745 Yes 31 E. 20th St., MN Ladies’ Mile HD Legalize windows 12-9549 Yes 222 E. 62nd St., MN Treadwell Farm HD Construct rear yard, rooftop additions 12-4743 W/Mod 12 E. 79th St., MN Upper East Side HD Modify illegal signage 12-2586 Yes 70 W. 119th St., MN Mount Morris Park HD Construct rear yard addition 12-8999 Yes April 17, 2012 21 E. 13th St., MN Bauman Brothers Furniture Store Replace storefront infill 12-7641 Yes 230 Park Ave., MN New York Central/Helmsley Building Install rooftop mechanical equipment 12-8341 W/Mod 52, 54 Lispenard St., MN Tribeca East HD Construct extension, addition, install infill 12-6822 W/Mod 405 Broadway, MN Tribeca East HD Amend C of A (painted wall sign) 13-0071 Yes
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Actions Taken — March to April 2012
Final Permits to be Issued after Landmarks Receives Conforming Plans Address Landmark/Historic District description Docket No. App’d
459 Broadway, MN SoHo-Cast Iron HD Legalize and modify non-compliant work; 11-3308; W/Mod; paint facade, modify infill, install signage 12-9239 Yes 53 Jane St., MN Greenwich Village HD Construct rooftop, rear yard additions 11-1957 Yes 208 W. 13th St., MN Greenwich Village HD Replace doors 12-6750 Yes 22 Little W. 12th, MN Greenwich Village HD Construct rooftop addition, install windows 12-6639 Yes 225 E. 17th St., MN Stuyvesant Square HD Legalize flagpoles, canopy, HVAC equipment 12-7324 Yes 641 Sixth Ave., MN Ladies’ Mile HD Alter facade, install storefronts, marquee 12-8128 Yes 17 W. 120th St., MN Mount Morris Park HD Legalize windows, facade alterations 12-1671 Yes 4707 Delafield Ave., BX Fieldston HD Construct rear yard addition 12-8721 W/Mod 73 Atlantic Ave., BK Brooklyn Heights HD Legalize facade modifications 10-8032 Yes 75 Atlantic Ave., BK Brooklyn Heights HD Legalize facade modifications 10-8148 Yes 72 Poplar St., BK Brooklyn Heights HD Construct roof additions, alter rear facade, install infill 12-5098 Yes 137 St. James Pl., BK Clinton Hill HD Alter fenestration, install deck, railings 12-9667 Yes 231 MacDonough St., BK Stuyvesant Heights HD Alter rear facade 12-8845 Yes 185 Prospect Pl., BK Prospect Heights HD Construct rear yard addition 12-9052 W/Mod April 24, 2012 54 Bond St., MN Bowerie Lane Theater Enlarge rooftop addition 12-4848 Yes 216 W. 23rd St., MN Hotel Chelsea Construct roof & rear additions, replace storefronts 12-7955 W/Mod 104 W. 40th St., MN Spring Mills Building Establish master plan (install louvers) 12-9608 Yes Central Park, MN Central Park Install wifi antennas 12-9479 W/Mod 251 Centre St., MN SoHo-Cast Iron HD Extension Remove hatch, install stair, railings, gate 12-4186 Yes 134 W. 12th St., MN Greenwich Village HD Modify facade, construct additions 12-9621 W/Mod 357 W. 20th St., MN Chelsea HD Alter rooftop dormers 12-5928 W/Mod 12 W. 21st St., MN Ladies’ Mile HD Install storefront infill 12-9583 W/Mod 1160 Park Ave., MN Expanded Carnegie Hill HD Replace windows 12-8742 W/D 29 Jay St., BK DUMBO HD Alter facade, install lighting, signage 13-0450 Yes 357 Waverly Ave., BK Clinton Hill HD Construct rear yard addition 12-8288 Yes 588 Vanderbilt Ave., BK Prospect Heights HD Legalize alterations, ironwork replacement 12-5844 W/Mod
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CITY COUNCIL Res. Nos. Project Description Date 1237 106 Hopkinson Ave., BK UDAAP by HPD (7 lots) 2/29/2012 1238 68 Bergen St., BK Revocable consent (sidewalk cafe) 2/29/2012 1239 268 Kingston Ave., BK Revocable consent (sidewalk cafe) 2/29/2012 1249 136 Metropolitan Ave., BK Revocable consent (sidewalk cafe) 3/14/2012 1250 62 Spring St., MN Withdraw revocable consent petition (sidewalk cafe) 3/14/2012 1251 7 E. 53rd St., MN Revocable consent (sidewalk cafe) 3/14/2012 1252 9-19 Ninth Ave., MN Revocable consent (sidewalk cafe) 3/14/2012 1253 1484 Inwood Ave., BX UDAAP by HPD (1 lot) 3/14/2012 1275 324 Graham Ave., BK Disapproval of revocable consent (sidewalk cafe) 3/28/2012 1276 Public School 102, BX Landmark designation 3/28/2012 1277 Hotel Wolcott, MN Landmark designation 3/28/2012 1278 Mutual Reserve Building, MN Landmark designation 3/28/2012 1279 R.H. Macy & Co. Store Annex, MN Landmark designation 3/28/2012 1280 Daniel and Abbie B. Eldridge House, QN Landmark designation 3/28/2012 CITY PLANNING COMMISSION Project Name Description Location ULURP No. Date E-Designation Text Zoning text amendment (environmental regulations) CW N120090ZRY 2/29/2012 Post Office Garage Special permit (309-space garage); MN 4 C110374ZSM; 2/29/2012 special permit (rear yard requirements) C120085ZSM New Creek Bluebelt Site selection, acquire property SI 2 C110343PCR 2/29/2012 64-68 Wooster Street Special permit (retail use below 1st floor) MN 2 C120062ZSM 3/14/2012 East 10th Street HD Landmark district designation MN 7 N120184HKM 3/14/2012 Williamsburgh Pub. Nat’l Bank Landmark designation BK 1 N120185HKK 3/14/2012 Coignet Stone Co. Modify landmark site BK 6 N070006(A)HKK 3/14/2012 Queens Animal Shelter Acquisition of property QN 8 C120076PCQ 3/14/2012 Jewish Home Lifecare Certification that no special permit req’d (nursing facility) MN 7 N120043ZCM 3/26/2012 Zone Green Text Amendment Zoning text amendment (promote green buildings) CW N120132ZRY 3/28/2012 Mill Basin Rezoning (C3 to C8-1); City map amendment BK 18, 12 C120108ZMK; 3/28/2012 (close streets, adjust grades); authorization C070512MMK; (modify visual corridor requirements); N120109ZAK; dispose of City-owned property C120111PPK Queen Plaza Sign Regulations Zoning text amendment (modify sign regulations) QN 1, 2 N110223ZRQ 3/28/2012 FDNY Technical Services HQ Selection and acquisition of private property QN 2 C120113PCQ 3/28/2012 119-03 Springfield Boulevard Rezoning (C1-3 in R2A) to build medical office building QN 13 C090466ZMQ 3/28/2012 50 UN Plaza Garage Special permit (88-space, attended accessory garage) MN 6 C120017ZSM 4/11/2012 92 West Tremont Avenue UDAAP by HPD (Six-story, 61-unit building) BX 5 C120107HAX 4/11/2012 BOARD OF STANDARDS & APPEALS Address Description Action Case No. Representative 170 Broadway, MN Waive court & yard requirements App’d 186-11-A Kramer Levin 286 Spring St., MN Convert from commercial to residential use App’d 188-11-BZ Bryan Cave 318 Lafayette St., MN Appeal of revocation of sign permits W/D 29-11-A; 30-11-A Randy M. Mastro 247 W. 29th St., MN Legalize residential use App’d 548-79-BZ Bryan Cave 860 Sixth Ave., MN Appeal DOB determination (sign) App’d 15-11-A Slater & Beckerman 550 W. 54th St., MN Permit physical culture establishment (Mercedes House) App’d 175-11-BZ Raymond H. Levin 432 Park Ave., MN Permit physical culture establishment (The Wright Fit) App’d 4-12-BZ Kramer Levin 1095 Second Ave., MN Extension of term (Graceful Services) App’d 40-05-BZ Patrick W. Jones PC 1097 Second Ave., MN Extension of term (Graceful Services) App’d 290-03-BZ Patrick W. Jones PC 601 E. 156th St., BX Permit physical culture establishment (Blink Fitness) App’d 177-11-BZ Rothkrug Rothkrug 945 E. 23rd St., BK Enlarge 1-family dwelling App’d 184-11-BZ Fredrick A. Becker 3600 Bedford Ave., BK Enlarge 1-family dwelling App’d 130-11-BZ Fredrick A. Becker 159 Exeter St., BK Enlarge 1-family dwelling App’d 87-11-BZ Eric Palatnik PC 2263 E. 2nd St., BK Enlarge 1-family dwelling App’d 76-11-BZ Sheldon Lobel PC 411 Vanderbilt Ave., BK Extension of term (animal hospital) App’d 352-69-BZ Sheldon Lobel PC 455 Carroll St., BK Convert from manufacturing to residential use App’d 137-11-BZ Slater & Beckerman 172 3rd St., BK Permit food store (Whole Foods) App’d 66-11-BZ Jesse Masyr Chart continues on next page CITYLAND May 2012 www.CityLandNYC.org C-8 New Decisions Added to C iTYAdMIN www.CityAdmin.org May 2012
BOARD OF STANDARDS & APPEALS (CONT.) Address Description Action Case No. Representative 1789 St. John’s Pl., BK Construct 3, 2-family dwellings App’d 149-11-A; Sheldon Lobel PC 151-11-A 2166 Nostrand Ave., BK Permit physical culture establishment (Blink Fitness) App’d 158-11-BZ Rothkrug Rothkrug 586 Conduit Blvd., BK Extension of term (BP station) App’d 11-01-BZ Vassalotti Assocs. 65-45 Otto Rd., QN Permit physical culture establishment (New Retro Fitness) App’d 179-11-BZ Herrick Feinstein 212-01 26th Ave., QN Legalize physical culture establishment (High Performance Tae Kwon Do) App’d 159-11-BZ Eric Palatnik PC 1213 Bay 25th St., QN Build 3-story yeshiva App’d 47-11-BZ Fredrick A. Becker 32-11 Newton Ave., QN Extension of term (Key Food) App’d 540-86-BZ Slater & Beckerman 43-17 214th Pl., QN Extension of term (Capital One) App’d 611-76-BZ Vassalotti Assocs. 146-15 Union Tpke., QN Extension of term (BP station) App’d 295-57-BZ Vassalotti Assocs. 106-57 160th St., QN Extension of term (retail in R4 district) App’d 118-53-BZ Issa Khorasanchi 87-12 175th St., QN Extend time to complete construction App’d 243-09-BZY Mirza M. Rahman 66-35 108th St., QN Enlarge synagogue & school App’d 327-04-BZ Sheldon Lobel PC 46-45 Kissena Blvd., QN Extend time to obtain Certificate of Occupancy App’d 11-93-BZ Sheldon Lobel PC 40-29 72nd St., QN Legalize 3-family dwellling Dismissed 187-10-BZ Khalid M. Azam 253 Beach 116th St., QN Continue 2nd-floor occupancy App’d 659-76-A Walter T. Gorman 10 through 16 Hett Ave., SI Construct 4, 1-family dwellings App’d 108-11-BZ– Rothkrug Rothkrug 111-11-BZ LANDMARKS PRESERVATION COMMISSION - Approvals & Certificates Address Landmark/Historic District description Case No. App’d issued 4 E. 54th St., MN William & Ada Moore House Legalize windows, window modifications 13-0398 Yes 3/29/2012 Central Park, MN Tots Playground Replace playground 12-9361 Yes 2/23/2012 163 E. 73rd St., MN 163 East 73rd Street Building Construct rooftop addition, reconstruct rear facade 13-0610 Yes 4/4/2012 1000 Fifth Ave., MN Metropolitan Museum Redesign plaza, replace security booths 12-9584 Yes 3/1/2012 Sunset Park, BK Sunset Play Center Convert water pool to play area 12-9359 Yes 2/23/2012 175 Broadway, BK Williamsburgh Savings Bank Replace lunette windows 12-9426 Yes 2/27/2012 1901 Emmons Ave., BK Lundy Bros. Restaurant Legalize paving, mechanical equipment, construct wall 12-8421 Yes 3/15/2012 2 Eastern Parkway, BK Brooklyn Public Library Establish master plan (rooftop mechanical equipment) 13-0350 Yes 3/28/2012 Governors Island, MN Governors Island HD Establish master plan (seasonal installations) 13-0152 Yes 3/20/2012 Governors Island, MN Governors Island HD Landscaping, install signage 12-9276 Yes 2/21/2012 46 Warren St., MN Tribeca South HD Ext. Construct bulkhead, install infill 12-9996 Yes 3/15/2012 7 Harrison St., MN Tribeca West HD Replace antennas 12-8749 Yes 3/5/2012 155 Franklin St., MN Tribeca West HD Modify penthouse 13-0135 Yes 3/20/2012 403 Greenwich St., MN Tribeca West HD Demolish building, construct new building 13-0443 Yes 3/20/2012 11 Vestry St., MN Tribeca North HD Replace access lift 13-0369 Yes 3/28/2012 150 Prince St., MN SoHo-Cast Iron HD Replace storefront, install sign 12-9839 Yes 3/9/2012 560 Broadway, MN SoHo-Cast Iron HD Remove fire escapes 12-9404 Yes 2/24/2012 628 Broadway, MN NoHo HD Replace infill, sign 12-9340 Yes 2/22/2012 29 Seventh Ave. S., MN Greenwich Village HD Ext. II Replace infill, signage 13-0233 Yes 3/22/2012 334 Bowery, MN NoHo HD Extension Install storefront infill 12-9553 Yes 3/1/2012 451 Hudson St., MN Greenwich Village HD Legalize wrought-iron railing 13-0776 Yes 4/10/2012 375 Lafayette St., MN NoHo HD Extension Relocate parking attendant booth, install fence 13-0850 Yes 4/12/2012 12 Cornelia St., MN Greenwich Village HD Ext. II Install storefront infill 12-9484 Yes 2/28/2012 2 W. 4th St., MN Greenwich Village HD Replace storefront infill, signage 13-0551 Yes 4/11/2012 5 W. 8th St., MN Greenwich Village HD Enlg. bulkhead, inst. mech. equip., const. rear add. 13-0806 Yes 4/11/2012 327 Bleecker St., MN Greenwich Village HD Replace windows, alter facade, install infill 12-9780 Yes 3/8/2012 527 Hudson St., MN Greenwich Village HD Construct railing, deck, pergola 12-9331 Yes 2/22/2012 396 Bleecker St., MN Greenwich Village HD Install storefronts 12-9863 Yes 3/12/2012 214 W. 11th St., MN Greenwich Village HD Replace windows 12-9535 Yes 2/29/2012 22 Little West 12th St., MN Gansevoort Market HD Const. rooftop add., est. master plan (wall sign); 13-0334; Yes; 3/28/2012 establish master plan (painted wall signs) 13-0742 Yes 4/9/2012 837 Washington St., MN Gansevoort Market HD Construct rooftop addition, alter facades 12-9301 Yes 2/22/2012 2 Ninth Ave., MN Gansevoort Market HD Install infill, signs, modify canopy 12-9452 Yes 2/27/2012 154 Fifth Ave., MN Ladies’ Mile HD Install signs at transoms 13-0391 Yes 3/29/2012 31 E. 20th St., MN Ladies’ Mile HD Legalize window replacement 13-0780 Yes 4/10/2012
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LANDMARKS PRESERVATION COMMISSION - Approvals & Certificates (CONT.) Address Landmark/Historic District description Case No. App’d issued 433 W. 21st St., MN Chelsea HD Establish master plan (install air conditioning units) 12-9396 Yes 2/24/2012 40 W. 22nd St., MN Ladies’ Mile HD Install marquee 12-9771 Yes 3/8/2012 525 W. 26th St., MN West Chelsea HD Alter facade, install access ramp 12-9393 Yes 2/24/2012 40 E. 62nd St., MN Upper East Side HD Demolish and construct addition 12-9352 Yes 2/23/2012 903 Madison Ave., MN Upper East Side HD Remove shed, stairs, construct rear addition 12-9527 Yes 2/29/2012 1016 Lexington Ave., MN Upper East Side HD Ext. Legalize awning 12-9723 Yes 3/6/2012 4 E. 75th St., MN Upper East Side HD Demo. rear addition, replace rear facade 13-0396 Yes 4/3/2012 3 E. 80th St., MN Metropolitan Museum HD Legalize windows, modify fence 13-0037 Yes 3/16/2012 447B Amsterdam Ave., MN Upper West Side/CPW HD Install storefront infill 12-9320 Yes 2/22/2012 477 Amsterdam Ave., MN Upper West Side/CPW HD Enlarge windows, install infill 12-9754 Yes 3/7/2012 322 W. 87th St., MN Riverside-West End HD Demolish steps, construct stoop 12-9702 Yes 3/6/2012 344 W. 88th St., MN Riverside-West End HD Construct rear yard addition 13-0819 Yes 4/11/2012 62 E. 91st St., MN Carnegie Hill HD Construct rear yard, rooftop additions 13-0691 Yes 4/6/2012 270 Alexander Ave., BX Mott Haven HD Replace storefront infill 12-9790 Yes 3/8/2012 135 Plymouth St., BK DUMBO HD Remove gate, install infill 12-9455 Yes 2/27/2012 131 Atlantic Ave., BK Brooklyn Heights HD Replace storefront infill 13-0071 Yes 3/19/2012 163 State St., BK Brooklyn Heights HD Replace entrance doors 13-0065 Yes 3/19/2012 75 Atlantic Ave., BK Brooklyn Heights HD Legalize front facade modifications 13-0975 Yes 4/17/2012 73 Atlantic Ave., BK Brooklyn Heights HD Legalize front facade modifications 13-0979 Yes 4/17/2012 30 Henry St., BK Brooklyn Heights HD Demo. building, construct residential building 13-0294 Yes 3/26/2012 439 Henry St., BK Cobble Hill HD Construct rear addition, modify rooftop addition 12-9269 Yes 2/21/2012 75 7th Ave., BK Park Slope HD Replace storefront infill 12-9447 Yes 2/27/2012 185 6th Ave., BK Park Slope HD Install deck, stairs, replace windows, create door 13-0362 Yes 3/28/2012 611 Vanderbilt Ave., BK Prospect Heights HD Legalize storefront infill 13-0110 Yes 3/20/2012 74 MacDonough St., BK Stuyvesant Heights HD Legalize grilles, railing, remove stoop gate 13-0533 Yes 4/3/2012 225 E. 17th St., BK Stuyvesant Square HD Install canopy, legalize light fixtures 13-0993 Yes 4/17/2012
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